St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-22

liberty heretofore enjoyed by such vessels to
enter Canadian ports open to foreign vessels
to buy and sell, and to transmit merchandise
therein. and which is permitted in such ports
to American trading vessels and TO vessels of
all other nationalities.
Mr.. Skinner On. c. presented the con-
ference report upon the bill for the allot-
ment of lands in severalty to Indians, and
it was agreed to. Mr.. Baker, of New York,
from the committee on territories, reported
a bill for the appointment of an additional
justice of the supreme court of Wyoming
territory. Committee of the whole The
house then proceeded to the consideration
of private business. The whole afternoon
was spent in discussing in committee of the
whole two senate bills, but no final action
was taken, and the house took a recess
until T:30. The evening session was Tor
the consideration of pension bills.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Provisions of the Bill which Has
Now assed Both Houses OF Con-
gress.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.-The interstate
commerce bill. as agreed upon by both
houses of congress, in the first section APP
plies the provisions of this act to any COM
lliOll Sol 4iCl CHSuSCu III lIlC
of passengers wholly by railroad, or partly
by railroad and partly by water. when
both are used under common control.
management or arrangement through more
than one state or territory, or from any
place in the United States to an adjacent
foreign country. 1t defines the term rail
road to include all bridges and ferries used
or operated by any railway. All charges
made for any service rendered in the trans
pOrtatiOn of passengers or property shall be
reasonable and just; and every unjust and
unreasonable charge for such service is pro-
hibted and
DECLARED TO BE UNLAWFUL.
Section = makes it unlawful fer any COM
mon carrier, subject to the provisions of this
act, to charge, demand, collect or receive, di-
rectl, or indirectly, from any person or per-
sons. a greater or less conpensa ion for any
service rendered in the transportation of pas
sengers or property than it, charges, de-
mands, collects or receives from any other
person or persons for doing for him or them
like and coutemporaneous service in the
transportation of q like kind of traffic under
substantially similar circumstances and cOndi-
tions.
Section makes 1t unlawful for any CON-
mon carrier, subject to the provisions of this
act, to make or give any
UNDUE OR UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE
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pany. firm, corporation or locality, or any
particular description of traffic. Every COM
mon carrier subject to the provisions of this
act shall, according to their respective pow
ers, afford all reasonable, proper and CO.
equal facilities for the interchange of traffic
between their respective lines and for receiv-
ing, forwarding and delivering of passengers
and property to and from their several lines
and those connecting herewith, and shall
not discriminate i'll their rates and charges
between such connecting lines.
Sections and (the long and short haul
and pooling sections) are as follows:
Sec. 4. That il shall be unlawful for any
common carrier, subject to the provisions of
this act, to charge or receive any greater
compensation i'll the aggregate for the trans
portatfon of passengers or Of like kind of
property. under subst lntially similar circum-
stances and conditions, for shorter than for
a longer distance, over the same line in the
same direction, the shorter being included
within the longer distance; but this shall not
be construed as authorizing any common car
rier, within the terms of this act, to charge
and receive as great compensation for
shorter as for a longer stance; provil ed
however, that upon application to the COM
mission appointed under the provisions of
this act, such common carrier may,
IN SPECIAL CASES,
after investigation by the commission be
authorized to charge less for longer than for
shorter distances Tor the transportation of
passengers or property; and the commission
may from time to time prescribe the extent
to which such designated common carrier
may be relieved from the operation of this
section Of this act.
Sec. 5-That 1t shall be unlawful for any
common carrier, subject TO the provisions of
this act, to enter into any contract, agree
ment or combination with any other carrier
or carriers for the pooling of freightS of diff
ferent and competing railroads, or to divide
10 q or not n6c
of the earnings of such roads or any portion
thereof: aud in any case OF an agreement for
the pooling Of freights as aforesaid, each day
of its continuance shall be deemed a separate
otfense.
Section requires that from ninety days
from the passage of the act every common
carrier subject to the provisions shall have
printed and kept for Iuhlic inspection sched-
uleS showing rates, fares and changes, and
in addition to requiring the railroads to give
publicity at all OF the dt 0ts on their several
lines, 1t gives authority TO the commission,
where it is proper and necessary, to require
them 10 give publicity to their rates to other
places beyond the lines of their several roads
1t also provides that the rates, fares and
charges shall not be raised except after ten
days of public notice, but that they may be
reduced without previous public notice. The
notice, however, shall be simultaneous with
the reduction itself.
Section makes it unlawful for any COM
mon carrier to enter into any
COMBINATION OR AGREEMENT
10 prevent the carnage of fl ghts from be-
ing continuous from the place OF shipment to
the place of destination.
Section declares that any common carrier
violating the provisions of the act shall be
liable TO the person or persons injured
thereby, for the full amount of damage sus-
tanned in consequence of any such violation,
together with reasonable counsel or attor-
ney's fee.
Section provides that persons claiming to
have been overcharged by the action of com
mon carriers may proceed for recovery of
their damages, either in the courts of the
United States or through the commission
herein provided for, but not before both
tribunals.
The tenth section makes it penal offense
to violate any of the provisions of this act,
and provides the maximum of fine which
may be imposed at the sum of $4,000.
The eleventh and following sections contain
the commission features of the bill. They
provide for commission to consist OF five
persons whose term of Office shall be for six
years, except for the first appointments,
which are to be for two, three, four, five and
six years. The members of this commission
are to be
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT,
by and with the advice and consent of the
senate. Their principal office shall be in
Washington, but they may hold session at
othet places tnan washington, anu single
member of the commission may take testi-
mony anywhere, as may be directed by the
conm mission. These commissioners have
salaries of $500 each. The COM
mission has the power to ap-
po.nt secretary with an annual
salary of So, 500, and has authority to employ
and fix the compensation of such other en-
ployeS as it ma, find necessary to the proper
performance of its duties, subject to the ap-
proval of the secretary of the interior.
Section 22 provides that nothing contained
in this act shall abridue the remedies now eY-